Bruce F. Larson to Head PEI in ‘08

The Petroleum Equipment Institute (www.pei.org) named Bruce F. Larson as its 58th president. Larson is current president of the Oscar W. Larson Co. (www.larsonco.com), a sales, service, and installation company for service-station equipment. Larson comes to the PEI presidency after serving as a PEI board member for two terms — vice president in 2007 and treasurer before that. He was elected during the institute’s annual convention in Atlanta.

In addition to his work as a PEI board member, Larson has served on PEI’s Safety Committee, Contract Committee, and is a member of the Republic 10-Group. Larson is also past president of the Detroit Oilmen’s Club and a member of the Airline Pilots Association, the Michigan Petroleum Association’s ad hoc UST Committee, and the State of Michigan ad hoc Hydrogen Handling and Storage Committee.